Office of Legislative Research

The Map Room

Housing Committee

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Housing Boom and Bust - 2001-2013Interactive: YesPrintable: YesDescription: Using data from the Home Mortgage Data Disclosure Act, the Urban Institute -- a nonpartisan social and economic policy research group -- created a map showing mortgage lending in the U.S. from 2001 through 2013, broken down by race.

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Housing and Transportation Costs as Percentage of Income - 2011Interactive: YesPrintable: YesDescription: The Center for Neighborhood Technology, a nonprofit research organization, produced a dual map with one side showing the cost of housing as a percentage of household income and on the other showing the cost of housing plus transportation as a percentage of household income.

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Buy vs. Rent, 2014Interactive: YesPrintable: YesDescription: Zillow, a real estate research company, produced a map showing the minimum length of time you'd need to stay in a typical home in a ZIP code to break even versus renting in the same ZIP code.

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States with Underwater Foreclosures - 2014Interactive: YesPrintable: YesDescription: The Washington Post has a blog post about a report from RealtyTrac that highlights which states still have many underwater foreclosures.

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Housing Segregation, 1940 to 2000Interactive: YesPrintable: YesDescription: Non-profit ProPublica created a map based on historical data showing the segregation of the country in 10-year-increments from 1940 to 2000.

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Hours at Minimum Wage Needed to Afford Median Rent - 2013Interactive: NoPrintable: YesDescription: The National Low Income Housing Coalition crunched some numbers and produced a map that shows many hours someone would have to work per week at the state minimum wage to afford to pay for a two-bedroom apartment at fair market rent.

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Rent as Percentage of Monthly IncomeInteractive: YesPrintable: YesDescription: Calvin Metcalf, a computer programmer, used the 2010 Census data to plot each county's average rent as a portion of monthly income.

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2013 Home Vacancy Rate by StateInteractive: YesPrintable: YesDescription: The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has an interactive map tool that allows you to examine economic data by state.

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State Homeless Map - 2013Interactive: YesPrintable: YesDescription: The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness produced a map showing the number of homeless people in each state along with a variety of other statistics and data.

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Average Home Listing Price for USInteractive: YesPrintable: YesDescription: Trulia.com, a real estatemarketing site, shows the current average home price at the county and the ZIP code levels.